$210,000–$270,000
FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site serving external customers
438 postings · 272 companies · 281 state pay: median $188,000, half $155,000–$225,000
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$192,000–$455,000
$150,000–$200,000
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Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer (Patuxent River, MD / Mid-level)
US · city not listedOn-site
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$100,000–$120,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
$120,000–$200,000
$135,000–$200,000
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$170,000–$230,000
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$110,000–$140,000
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318 of 438 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site serving external customers pay?
281 of 438 postings state a pay range. The median is $188,000, and half of them sit between $155,000 and $225,000, from 176 companies.
How much experience do FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site serving external customers require?
Of 438 postings, 175 state a minimum number of years, from 131 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 96 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (59), 6 to 9 years (18) or 10 or more years (2).
Which companies are hiring for FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site serving external customers?
These 438 postings come from 272 companies. The employers with the most postings are Palantir (38), Agile Defense (14), CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) (8), Wyetech (7) and Decagon (6).
Are FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors on-site serving external customers remote?
0 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 438 are on-site. Travel is mentioned in 162 of the 438 postings.
Counted over the 438 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
Employer postings · Coding scope, project stages and who the work serves are our reading of each job description. · How we read postings